La Bella Pizza Garden

La Bella Pizza opened October 19th, 1955 by an Italian couple from New York, Tony and Kitty Raso. The name La Bella means the beautiful and when a patio garden was added, our name was complete.In the beginning, Kitty would serve while Tony prepared the meals with their son little Joey running around with a broom. As business grew they hired a dishwasher, and to keep him busy, they introduced delivering pizzas to Chula Vista in 1957.In 1959, a second son, Tony Jr., was born, also a dining room replaced the patio and the upstairs was made into banquet rooms.